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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Workplace accident reporting reforms face opposition  Plans to reform rules affecting businesses that may have to engage an accident at work solicitor have been met with opposition from environmental health officers. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has argued that changing the threshold for reporting workplace accidents from three days to seven will not improve the safety of employees or consumers. In a submission to the Health and Safety Executive's consultation on the proposed reforms to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR), the organisation stressed that the plans are too heavily focused on reducing the burden on employers. "Extending reporting requirements from three to seven days is an isolated approach which focuses only on reducing burdens and does not address inconsistencies," the CIEH said. Instead, it wants reporting to be linked to the Fit Note system and for accidents requiring notification to be restricted to fatalities and major incidents. The consultation follows recommendations made by Lord Young in his report on health and safety laws. In this, he said RIDDOR is seen as "cumbersome" and compliance levels are as low as 50 per cent. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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